... fame of its author as a, parliamentary orator. Pitt died Within the year; with his death his party web broken up, and the Whigs, under Fox and Gren- Ville, came into office. in. this ministry, which is familaly known as that of all the talents,, Lord ...

... history of the last half century we find the name of Lord Lansdowne actively associated with all the leading measures of the Whig party- such as the abolition of slavery, which he at first advocated in 1807, and again by specific motion in 1814 and in 1821 ...

... he was unsuccessful. Fortune was, however, more propitious a few months afterwards, when the Radical candidate displaced the Whig scion of the House of Stanley, and none were prouder of their share in the victory than Mr. Hoffman, who, having been one of ...